On the quiet side

"Boardwalk Beach'' (oil) by Rachel Avenia, at the Bobby Baker Gallery, Cataumet, Mass., on Cape Cod. The beach is in Sandwich, on Cape Cod Bay -- often called "the Cape's Quiet Side'' -- compared with much more densely populated and traffic-clogged south and western shores. That's in part because the Cape Cod Bay water is colder than that in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard and Nantucket sounds.

But watch what you step on

"Beach Combing Zone'' (pastel), by Rachel Avenia, at Bobby Baker Fine Art, Cataumet (on Cape Cod) Mass.